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Author Chevalier, Tracy.

Title Remarkable creatures [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] Tracy Chevalier.

Publication Info. New York : Dutton, [2010]
©2010
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1468104~S1
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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is their greatest ally.
Note Description based on print version record.
System Details Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size 301).
Subject Anning, Mary, 1799-1847 -- Fiction.
Philpot, Elizabeth, 1780-1857 -- Fiction.
Women paleontologists -- England -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Fossils -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction.
Discoveries in science -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genre Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Chevalier, Tracy. Remarkable creatures. New York : Dutton, c2010 9780525951452 (DLC) 2009047614 (OCoLC)469915932
ISBN 9781101152454 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
1101152451 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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